Maxi Pads! [WARNING - Graphic Image]

Ok this is not trolling and is a serious thing lol.

My buddy the other day pulls off his backpack to get his multi tool out and what do I see? A baggy with maxi pads in it along with bandage wrap lol I almost died and asked him..Are those...uh......mmmmaaaxxii pads??
He told me it makes a great HUGE band-aid just in case you rip your skin off. Stick it on the wound, wrap the hell out of it and fly to the emergency room.

Although I thought it was funny, it make a ton of sense.... I mean, you can't get a band-aid with that amount of absorbancy lol. This totally works!

Any of you do this? I might if I go to Tahoe....I may be grateful to have those if I do cut myself wide open.

Never thought of using them as big bandaids but when I was a wildland firefighter back in the day we used them in our hardhats. We stuck them to the band on the inside of the hardhat to absorb the sweat so it wouldn't run down your face.

Never thought of using them as big bandaids but when I was a wildland firefighter back in the day we used them in our hardhats. We stuck them to the band on the inside of the hardhat to absorb the sweat so it wouldn't run down your face.

Picturing a bunch of burly firefighters with maxi pads on their heads is extremely funny

There's a million home remedies with the simplest things. Tampons. Bloody noses and bullet wounds. Saran wrap with fix sucking chest wounds. Sticks a tape work well to brace a sprain or break. Trail first aid is really quite simple.. just gotta think outside the box a bit and make things work. Just stop and ask yourself.. WWMD?

Never thought of using them as big bandaids but when I was a wildland firefighter back in the day we used them in our hardhats. We stuck them to the band on the inside of the hardhat to absorb the sweat so it wouldn't run down your face.

My buddy the other day pulls off his backpack to get his multi tool out and what do I see? A baggy with maxi pads in it along with bandage wrap lol I almost died and asked him..Are those...uh......mmmmaaaxxii pads??
He told me it makes a great HUGE band-aid just in case you rip your skin off. Stick it on the wound, wrap the hell out of it and fly to the emergency room.

He is right. Some of the trauma dressings that we carry on the ambulance are similar in design to, and possibly made of the some of the same material as, a maxi pad. Here's a link:

I carry em in my active shooter bag at work, they are great trauma type wound dressings. just get the thickest "heavy flow" ones that you can buy. U can also get Isreali .mil bandages that are about the best non-quick clot type trauma gauze.

Seeing that image does scare me into getting a full helmet (may be handy for winter too) or at least some eye protection.

I've had two spills so far in the past two weeks...every time I went down though I do recall seeing my hands in front of my face (palms facing out) getting ready to absorb impact and protect..and it also felt like a pretty nice roll though my foot keeps getting caught in the frame and jamming my lower shin into it. At least I guess i have a good automatic response lol.